diff --git a/utils/osdetail/binmeta_windows.go b/utils/osdetail/binmeta_windows.go
index 064d247..056445c 100644
--- a/utils/osdetail/binmeta_windows.go
+++ b/utils/osdetail/binmeta_windows.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ func GetBinaryNameFromSystem(path string) (string, error) {
 	}
 
 	// Clean name.
-	binName := cleanFileDescription(output)
+	binName := cleanFileDescription(string(output))
 	if binName != "" {
 		return binName, nil
 	}
@@ -74,5 +74,5 @@ func GetBinaryIconFromSystem(path string) (string, error) {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to get file properties of %s: %s", path, err)
 	}
 
-	return "data:image/png;base64," + output, nil
+	return "data:image/png;base64," + string(output), nil
 }
diff --git a/utils/osdetail/command.go b/utils/osdetail/command.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9285e36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/osdetail/command.go
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+package osdetail
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"errors"
+	"os/exec"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// RunCmd runs the given command and run error checks on the output.
+func RunCmd(command ...string) (output []byte, err error) {
+	// Create command to execute.
+	var cmd *exec.Cmd
+	switch len(command) {
+	case 0:
+		return nil, errors.New("no command supplied")
+	case 1:
+		cmd = exec.Command(command[0])
+	default:
+		cmd = exec.Command(command[0], command[1:]...)
+	}
+
+	// Create and assign output buffers.
+	var stdoutBuf bytes.Buffer
+	var stderrBuf bytes.Buffer
+	cmd.Stdout = &stdoutBuf
+	cmd.Stderr = &stderrBuf
+
+	// Run command and collect output.
+	err = cmd.Run()
+	stdout, stderr := stdoutBuf.Bytes(), stderrBuf.Bytes()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	// Command might not return an error, but just write to stdout instead.
+	if len(stderr) > 0 {
+		return nil, errors.New(strings.SplitN(string(stderr), "\n", 2)[0])
+	}
+
+	// Debugging output:
+	// fmt.Printf("command stdout: %s\n", stdout)
+	// fmt.Printf("command stderr: %s\n", stderr)
+
+	// Finalize stdout.
+	cleanedOutput := bytes.TrimSpace(stdout)
+	if len(cleanedOutput) == 0 {
+		return nil, ErrEmptyOutput
+	}
+
+	return cleanedOutput, nil
+}
diff --git a/utils/osdetail/powershell_windows.go b/utils/osdetail/powershell_windows.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 52ce5c4..0000000
--- a/utils/osdetail/powershell_windows.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-package osdetail
-
-import (
-	"bytes"
-	"errors"
-	"os/exec"
-	"strings"
-)
-
-// RunPowershellCmd runs a powershell command and returns its output.
-func RunPowershellCmd(script string) (output string, err error) {
-	// Create command to execute.
-	cmd := exec.Command(
-		"powershell.exe",
-		"-ExecutionPolicy", "Bypass",
-		"-NoProfile",
-		"-NonInteractive",
-		"[System.Console]::OutputEncoding = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8\n"+script,
-	)
-
-	// Create and assign output buffers.
-	var stdoutBuf bytes.Buffer
-	var stderrBuf bytes.Buffer
-	cmd.Stdout = &stdoutBuf
-	cmd.Stderr = &stderrBuf
-
-	// Run command and collect output.
-	err = cmd.Run()
-	stdout, stderr := stdoutBuf.String(), stderrBuf.String()
-	if err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-	// Powershell might not return an error, but just write to stdout instead.
-	if stderr != "" {
-		return "", errors.New(strings.SplitN(stderr, "\n", 2)[0])
-	}
-
-	// Debugging output:
-	// fmt.Printf("powershell stdout: %s\n", stdout)
-	// fmt.Printf("powershell stderr: %s\n", stderr)
-
-	// Finalize stdout.
-	cleanedOutput := strings.TrimSpace(stdout)
-	if cleanedOutput == "" {
-		return "", ErrEmptyOutput
-	}
-
-	return cleanedOutput, nil
-}
diff --git a/utils/osdetail/shell_windows.go b/utils/osdetail/shell_windows.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..926b7c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/osdetail/shell_windows.go
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+package osdetail
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"errors"
+)
+
+// RunPowershellCmd runs a powershell command and returns its output.
+func RunPowershellCmd(script string) (output []byte, err error) {
+	// Create command to execute.
+	return RunCmd(
+		"powershell.exe",
+		"-ExecutionPolicy", "Bypass",
+		"-NoProfile",
+		"-NonInteractive",
+		"[System.Console]::OutputEncoding = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8\n"+script,
+	)
+}
+
+const outputSeparator = "pwzzhtuvpwdgozhzbnjj"
+
+// RunTerminalCmd runs a Windows cmd command and returns its output.
+// It sets the output of the cmd to UTF-8 in order to avoid encoding errors.
+func RunTerminalCmd(command ...string) (output []byte, err error) {
+	output, err = RunCmd(append([]string{
+		"cmd.exe",
+		"/c",
+		"chcp",  // Set output encoding...
+		"65001", // ...to UTF-8.
+		"&",
+		"echo",
+		outputSeparator,
+		"&",
+	},
+		command...,
+	)...)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// Find correct start of output and shift start.
+	index := bytes.IndexAny(output, outputSeparator+"\r\n")
+	if index < 0 {
+		return nil, errors.New("failed to post-process output: could not find output separator")
+	}
+	output = output[index+len(outputSeparator)+2:]
+
+	return output, nil
+}